Training Experiences 



horse — Captain A. de Vere Smith's " Euston " — 

 also trained and ridden by me, was second at the 

 same meeting in a maiden hurdle race, so that, 

 as will be perceived by my sagacious readers, I 

 made a fairly good start in the dual capacity 

 indicated. 



The best hurdle race horse I ever had in my 

 stable was Mr J. M. Hanbury's " Ben Wyvis.'' 

 He was an exceedingly smart and consistent per- 

 former. For example, at Warwick, I won on 

 him the Tally-ho Hurdle Race, carrying 12 st. 

 2 lb., and on the following day, at the same 

 fixture, I won the Castle Hurdle Handicap on 

 " Ben Wyvis," carrying no less than 13 st. 2 lb., 

 and beating a large field of useful, strenuous 

 competitors. Amongst other remunerative suc- 

 cesses that followed for jumpers trained and 

 ridden by me was the victory of "Euston" at 

 Plumpton, at the March Meeting there, 1893, 

 also that of Lord Marcus Beresford's "Marcellus'' 

 in the Stanley Five-year-old Steeplechase at 

 Liverpool, and that of Mr Walter Blake's 

 " Romeo " in the Trent Hurdle Race at Not- 

 tingham. These early triumphs were very en- 

 couraging ; they stimulated an appetite for more. 

 A win is a win, especially when you train and 

 ride the winner yourself. The ecstasy of owner- 



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